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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.47

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.47

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c8.s4.47

In former times there were pearl-banks in the bay of Sarandīb (Ceylon); but at present they have been abandoned. Since the Sarandīb pearls have disappeared, other pearls have been found at Sufāla in the country of the Zanj; so people say that the pearls of Sarandīb have migrated to Sufāla...¹⁹